Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1887-11-15
TUESDAY. .. NOVEMBER 10, 1887
Is il to be Blame d?

Up to the time of the elections OF last
week Mr.. BLAME habit in his power to
say that he had within his grasp the Re.
publican nomination for next President
of the United States. How stands the
case now? We are still inclined to the
belief which we expressed last week
that the Republican party is bound to
accept him as its candidate if he de-
mands the nomination. He has such
hold upon his party that it would seem
TO be simply impossible for any aspirant
to supplsnt him.
SHERMAN is a bogus candidate. Cold,
non-magnetic, and unpopular, he viii
be left behind in the race whether
BLAINE consents TO run again or not.
If BLAINE cannot carry New York AS
against CLEVELAND, SHERMAN would be
showed under there by Democratic bal
lots. SHERMAN could carry Ohio, it is
true but so could BLAINE or any other
candidate. The fact that FORAKER car
ried Ohio last week by twenty thou
sand majority operates rather against
than in favor OF SHERMAN's nom
nation. Why nominate a can
didate to carry a State which any nOmi-
nee can carry? And the BLAINE men
may also ask: Why nominate a man
who has been running against cur
favorite for the last eight years or more ?
But SHERMAN is out OF the race altogether
in any event. If BLASE chooses to
demand it. lie can get the Republican
nomination. If he fails 10 demand it.
il will be because sectiOnalism Is dead
aud ne is a representative of sectionalism.
But il he is a representative Of sectional
ism, SHERMAN is sectionalism presoniiied,
aud it would be prepo5terous to talk
about running him as anything else
than a wayer q the bloody shirt. As
well run MUBAr HALsTEAD.
MIR. BLASE'S friends may think it
worth their while to furl the bloody shirt
and run bin as Protectionist. That
would be 10 change not the candidate
but his clothes He would appear in a
new rite. 1t would be worth something
10 see the South oyerrun with speakers
from the North telling our people, as
Gencral GoRDoy was sent to Ohio n few
weeks ago to,ten the people there, that
sec.ionalism was dead aud buried, and
all future national elections ought to
turn upon politico-economical questions. I
BLAIyE himself might come down and
repeat the same story in his plausible /
manner.
The New York Times says that the
BLAINE men are still for BLAINE. So we
supposed they would be. Bat are they
for BLAINE as waver of the bloody
shirt or as a statesman basing his hopes
Of success upon the principles and mea-
sures he advocates? If he is to appear
in the former character he is already de-
feated. Ii in the latter, he will proba-
bly, learn that he snapped horses
in the middle of the stream.
We give one or two straws to show how
the wind blows. Two leading New York
Republicans were interviewed the day
after the election by Tribune reporter
"'There is one thing pretty plainly
indicated, said General Knapp with a
smile. and that is when we get into the
presidential fight next year we'll be look
ing around for some candidate that can
get 81. 600 votes in this city, won't we 2
Yes, said Sheridan Shook Blaine is
our man if he will accept the nomina-
tiOn.
That shows that the BLAINE men are
indeed still for BLAINE. We may be sure,
however, that those shrewd New Workers
do not expect to elect or to run BLAINE
as a sectonalist.
JOSEPH II. MANLEY, of Augusta, Me-,
says:
1.-THE election in New York makes the
denomination of President Clevevand in
eyitable. The general result proves, IN
my judgement, that Mr.. Blaine can lead
the Republican party to victory in 1888
and that denomination will be urged
upon him"
But under what colors will he march
tovictory? Surely not under the bloody
shirt
Ex-Mayor MEp1LL, editor Of the Chi
cago Tribune, says:
ITO afford the Republicans any hope
of winning New York it will be absO-
lutely necessary for their candidate to
be man who can draw votes in large
numbers from the Democratic party TO
offset the inevitable losses from the
liquor question. Who can do this ex-
cept Blaine? Perhapshe cannot attract
enough Democratic votes to counter
balance the deiections from that cause
But If he cannot, whom have the Re-
publicans got that can ?"
True enough. Who but BLAINE
And he can't Poor BLAINE He is to
fight the last battle for the Republican
party, which after 1888 will he merged
in some new party.